Both comedic actors and writers will do a reading and signing for their children's books at Harvard Book Store.

Notables wax poetic about our city in honor of National Poetry Month.

Newton native B.J. Novak became famous by writing for and acting in The Office. For his next act: literary fiction. The comedian (and Harvard lit grad) snagged a seven-figure, two-book deal from Knopf last year, and his debut effort, One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories, arrives February 4.